How to find a waterbear (tardigrade) - BEST METHOD EVER!
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Ive been looking at waterbears (tardigrades) for a over a year now and this, imo, is the best way to find a waterbear.
Most accounts, including myself, have often sourced waterbears from closely packed moss - this can be hit or miss sometimes. My method shown here has never let me down - I've always found my favourite type of waterbear using this method. Great activity for a rainy day :P
ENJOY!
Walt
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I want a pet waterbear so bad 🐻 I could watch these cuties all day
if only they were a tad larger haha
@@Oneminmicro the video looked great btw, really enjoyed it!
But you’ll probably never find the waterbear after 24 hours…
They look cool but gross
@@Oneminmicroa trex size one💀
Could you do a video on human eyelashes/eyebrows? I have always heard that there are mites that live on them, but I’m not sure if I believe that. Let me know if you’ve done a video on this already! Thanks for the consideration
Wow that is weird to think about.
Love these longer videos! Great work on the editing too 🔬
I just can't with how CUTE they are! Just so mystifying how something microscopic can be SO animal-like! I love how they stood up & sniffed around, just like a curious bear! 🐻 And that's so cool of you to show that you release the creatures after you're done examining them (including insects). Big props to you!
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You know, one of the most shocking experiments I had done in college microbiology shocked me for the rest of my life! We went to the grocery store and bought a pound, (because there was less touching it to measure it), of fresh ground beef packaged from the deli. We took it back to the lab, set one tablespoon sized chunk in a sterilized container and sealed it. We did this with 4 other chunks to complete this side of the experiment. The rest stayed in an open container. We placed all the containers on the counter next to the window. Maggots grew in every sample! More in the uncovered and it stunk like rotten meat. Still - the sealed containers had maggots... all the maggots changed into flies. This made me think of the meat we eat, the hamburgers we eat, and the food trucks around town.... Monk is my hero...
Great reason to not eat meat. YUCK!!!!!!
So there’s microbes and parasites and worms in all the foods we eat. Even vegetarians can’t escape then. Usually meat is cooked before you reach full in maggots ( and you wouldn’t like the flavor by the time it’s rotted to where they are full grown).
Thanks so much Walt!!!!! Here’s hoping I find one!
What microscope did you use for this?
I once drank a jar that had an estimated 3 million water bears in it. Was trying to live forever.
I can't remember if they survive within other living organisms, but maybe those little fellas will assimilate some of your cells, making them an arbitrary percentage 'you', allowing 'you' to live on through them.
You sure you didn't do it to get out of going to school on a Saturday?
Hey Walt :)
Could you recommend a cool Microscope for beginners or some good in general?
Thank you!
What a CUTIE!!!! Thank you for sharing! I never knew about this tiny little guys!!!
what type of entry level microscope is good to see things at this magnification?
Thank you so much for this trick! I can’t wait for spring to come and try this! 😍
Look at his wobbly walk, doesnt seem like a bug at all
What kind of microscopes do you recommend using to observe water bears? I'm a high school biology teacher and have not had much luck using our compound light scopes.
I’d like to hear the water bears’s side of the story.
“I was minding my own business after it rained, then I was exposed to harsh light and darkness... all while I truly had that creepy feeling I was being watched.” 🤣🤣🤣
gonna go collect some moss piglets :)
Serious question - what do you do with your sample after you are done viewing the slide under the scope? Do you just discard it? Try to pipette it back to the container it came from? Something else?
See, I have a decently large population of tardigrades that I've been cultivating for while and I love them. I regularly observe them under my stereoscope but that only shows so much. I have a compound scope, too, but I would be saddened to lose my little critters every time I wanted to observe them, and it seems inevitable that at least some of the liquid material would get lost in transit. Even a little material could be housing a water bear.
So... what do YOU do?
the background music reminds me of kerbal space program lol
This is such a great channel! So glad I found it and subscribed! Keep doing awesome stuff, man!❤️
PLEASE PLEASE PLEAAASE TELL ME WHAT YOUR MICROSCOPE IS IM A NEW LEARNER AND I NEED THIS MICROSCOPE LUV UR VIDs!
Whenever I see a piece of moss that has fallen off my roof, I often think and wonder how many water bears might be in there 😊❤
This is great! Thanks for sharing! 😊❤
I've looked at many things with the microscope but I've never looked for a tardigrade. Following your instructions, I found one first try. Thank you for sharing.
when i tried to find them i just took some well-hydrated moss, and there were a good few on a pretty small chunk of moss. I love these little guys.
That method is mentioned in the video description, but this one has had more success in his case.
Also i hate that these longer videos dont get views compared to every short :(
Hi, just curious but I only see this one has six legs as oppossed to eight. Why would that be? Thanks for the video!
Tip: Waterbears are very easy to find when using these methods, but primarily targeting water around moss; or even collecting moss. When they're not in water, they might be walking on it.
Can you find one under a handheld microscope thats zooms to 180x? My dream is to become a microbiologist
Normally, microscopic creatures are gross to me, but for some reason, I find tardigrades sort of endeering.
What biological microscope are you using? :)
Share the Microscope buying link
I need a video where you show us what we need to get to do stuff like this, preferably budget
Can you see a water bear with the naked eye? That first shot of you catching it looked like a regular shot. Not sure if it was under the microscope. That’s interesting!
Or alternatively, you could just wet a patch of dirt and not have to wait for it to rain.
Do you have any recommendations on the type of microscope needed in order to see water bears and other similar organisms?
What magnification did you use?
Reminds of Family Guy 😂😂😂
What if it's not raining ? Pls reply
wait can you see them without a microscope ?
What specific microscope do you use?
God is so Ah-Mazing ✝️
I find one today,i took a small piece of dirt.
Q. How do they breed or give birth, eggs ???
Thanks for the amazing videos and your sections of "myth buster" on those video shorts!! Keep on!!...
Is it just me or are these just
so cute
Is it hard to kill a waterbear?
Now catch a shiny ✨
Well done.
Awe, it's so cute! I want one!